Our people

Our staff hold a wide variety of knowledge and expertise.

We have more than 300 scientists and support members contributing to our world-class research. Dedicated teams work around the clock seeking new opportunities that can lead to novel drugs, vaccines and diagnostics, translating our research into tangible benefits for the global community. Ground-breaking translational research requires a host of exceptional people coupled with state-of-the-art facilities and equipment.

Our Leadership Team

Acting Executive Director

Professor Michael Jennings

Acting Deputy Director

Professor Kate Seib

General Manager

Dr Chris Davis

Our Research leaders

Principal Research Leaders

Distinguished Professor Mark von Itzstein AO

FAA FAHMS FRACI NHMRC Investigator L3

Cancer; Infectious Diseases; Metabolic Disease

Professor Michael Jennings

FAHMS FASM FAAM NHMRC Investigator L3

Infectious Diseases

Professor Michael Good AO

FTSE FAHMS NHMRC Investigator L3

Infectious Diseases

Professor Kate Seib

NHMRC Investigator L2

Infectious Diseases

Professor Carolyn Mountford

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; Cancer

Professor Nicolle H Packer

Cancer; Mass Spectrometry; Glycoproteomics

Professor Daniel Kolarich

Cancer, Disease Glycobiology, Glycomics, Glycoproteomics, Mass Spectrometry

Research Leaders

Professor Victoria Korolik

Associate Director (Education & Engagement)

Professor Johnson Mak FASM

Professor Joe Tiralongo

Associate Professor Thomas Haselhorst

Associate Professor Lara Herrero

Associate Professor Todd Houston

Associate Professor Milton Kiefel

Associate Professor Manisha Pandey

Associate Professor Danielle Stanisic

Associate Professor Erik Streed

Associate Professor Thomas Ve

ARC Future Fellow and NHMRC Investigator EL2

Dr Darren Grice

Dr Ian Peak

Dr Santosh Rudrawar

Dr John Atack

Dr Chris Day

Dr Grant Hansman

Dr Freda Jen

Associate Research Leaders

Administration/Business/Operations Teams

Research Scientists

Research Students

Adjunct and Emeritus Appointments

Ralf Altmeyer—Adjunct Professor (Medusa Therapeutics Limited, Hong Kong)
Professor Emeritus Sue Berner-Price—Emeritus Professor
Professor Emeritus Ifor Beacham—Emeritus Professor
Jason Beard—Adjunct Senior Clinical Research Fellow (Translational Research Institute, Brisbane)
Professor Ian Bennett—Adjunct Professor (University of Queensland)
Professor Helen Blanchard—Adjunct Professor (University of Galway, Ireland)
Jillian Borthwick—Adjunct Fellow (Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane)
Matthew Campbell—Adjunct Research Fellow
Dr Nic Crampton—Adjunct Associate Professor (John Flynn Private Hospital, Gold Coast)
Professor David Crompton—Adjunct Professor
Professor Nicholas Farrell—Adjunct Professor (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA )
Dr James Fink—Adjunct Senior Clinical Research Fellow (Gold Coast University Hospital, Gold Coast)
Professor George Fu Gao—Adjunct Professor (Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Dr John Gerrard—Adjunct Senior Clinical Research Fellow (Gold Coast University Hospital, Gold Coast)
Professor John Irvine—Adjunct Professor (The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, USA)
Lorraine Kear—Adjunct Senior Clinical Research Fellow (Consultant Clinical Research Specialist, Brisbane)
Professor Soerge Kelm—Visiting Professor (University Bremen, Germany)
Natkunam Kethessan—Visiting Professor (University of New England, NSW)
Dr John Lancashire—Adjunct Clinical Research Fellow

Darren Lukas—Adjunct Fellow
Professor Peter Malycha—Adjunct Professor (Translational Research Institute, Brisbane)
Laura Mariano—Adjunct Research Fellow (MORSE Corp, USA)
Professor Lewis Perrin—Adjunct Associate Professor (Mater Hospital, Brisbane)
Professor Mario Pinto—Adjunct Professor (University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada)
Professor Gorane Santamaria—Adjunct Professor (Princess Alexandra Hospital Metro South Health, Brisbane)
Professor Peter Seeberger—Adjunct Professor (Max-Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces, Germany)
Dr Rosanna Tremewan—Adjunct Senior Clinical Research Fellow (Willow Psychology Services, Brisbane)
Professor Subhash Vasudevan—Adjunct Professor (Duke-NIS Medical School, Singapore)
Dr E. Russell Vickers—Adjunct Associate Professor (University of Sydney, NSW )
Julia Watson—Adjunct Senior Clinical Research Fellow (Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane)
Dr Simon Wood—Adjunct Associate Professor (Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane)
Professor Yuedong Yang—Adjunct Professor (Sun Yat-Sen, China)
Professor Ross Young—Adjunct Professor (Jamieson Trauma Institute, Brisbane)
Professor Xing Yu—Adjunct Professor (The Medical College of Human Normal University, PR China)
Professor Yaoqi Zhou—Adjunct Professor (Institute for Systems and Physical Biology, PR China)

Board of Advice

The Honourable Robert Borbidge AO

Chair

Pat Crotty

Deputy Chair

Luke O’Dwyer

Paul Sanders

Christine Lohman MBA, FAICD, FPRIA

Rachel Hancock

Clayton Glenister

Karen Phillips

Lucy Cole

William Matthews

Geoffrey Thomas AO

Contact details

Phone: (07) 5552 8051

Email: glycomics@griffith.edu.au

Physical address: Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University; Glycomics 1 (G26); 1 Parklands Drive; Southport QLD 4215

Postal address: Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University; Gold Coast, QLD 4222

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Our people

Our Leadership Team

Acting Executive Director

Professor Michael Jennings

Acting Deputy Director

Professor Kate Seib

General Manager

Dr Chris Davis

Our Research leaders

Principal Research Leaders

Distinguished Professor Mark von Itzstein AO

FAA FAHMS FRACI NHMRC Investigator L3

Professor Michael Jennings

FAHMS FASM FAAM NHMRC Investigator L3

Professor Michael Good AO

FTSE FAHMS NHMRC Investigator L3

Professor Kate Seib

NHMRC Investigator L2

Professor Carolyn Mountford

Professor Nicolle H Packer

Professor Daniel Kolarich

Research Leaders

Professor Victoria Korolik

Professor Johnson Mak FASM

Professor Joe Tiralongo

Associate Professor Thomas Haselhorst

Associate Professor Lara Herrero

Associate Professor Todd Houston

Associate Professor Milton Kiefel

Associate Professor Manisha Pandey

Associate Professor Danielle Stanisic

Associate Professor Erik Streed

Associate Professor Thomas Ve

Dr Darren Grice

Dr Ian Peak

Dr Santosh Rudrawar

Dr John Atack

Dr Chris Day

Dr Grant Hansman

Dr Freda Jen

Dr Patrice Guillon

Dr Penny Rudd

Dr Evgeny Semchenko

Dr Mehfuz Zaman

Dr Ibrahim Ell-Deeb

Dr Arun Everest-Dass

Dr Belinda de Villiers

Dr Alpesh Malde

Board of Advice

The Honourable Robert Borbidge AO

Chair

Pat Crotty

Deputy Chair

Luke O’Dwyer

Paul Sanders

Christine Lohman MBA, FAICD, FPRIA

Rachel Hancock

Clayton Glenister

Karen Phillips

Lucy Cole

William Matthews

Geoffrey Thomas AO

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